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The first consideration in growing any plant species is to determine if the species has specific requirements. This may include questions such as:
 | Is the plant a water lover?
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| Is it tropical or temperate in its temperature needs?
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| Has it evolved on highly fertile heavy soils or those that are very sandy and poor in nutrition?
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| Is it a plant that grows in exposed sunny places or does it grow predominantly in the shade of other plants? |
The answers to such questions will indicate the conditions that should be provided.
When growing the many plant species on a test list it is not practical to duplicate specific optimal requirements for each species. It is usually only practical to provide one or a few sets of growing conditions that will serve all of the plant species. Fortunately, most species will tolerate and grow well in a range of conditions. Relatively few species are constrained by a narrow range of requirements.
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